III. TEACHING

III.A – Individual Student Guidance

III.A.1: Post-Doctoral Fellows

Dimitris Anagnostou, Home Institution: The University of New Mexico, NM, Residence Period at Georgia Tech: September 2005-December 2006, Research Area: Low Cost Reconfigurable Antennas Using MEMS Technologies, Current employment: South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD.

Stanis Courreges, Home Institution: The University of Limoges, France, Residence Period at Georgia Tech: August 2007-December 2008, Research Area: Novel Low Loss Ferroelectric Filters for X-band and Ka-band Applications.

Benjamin Lacroix, Home Institution: The University of Limoges, France, Residence Period at Georgia Tech: December 2008-present, Research Areas: Novel Low Loss Ferroelectric Filters for X-band and Ka-band Applications; Dielectric Charging for RF MEMS switches.

Hu-Jiang, Home Institution: University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China, Residence Period at Georgia Tech: January 2010-January 2011, Research: Reconfigurable microwave and mm-wave filters.

III.A.3: M.Sc. Students

Christophe Tavernier, “Novel reduced size micromachined resonators and filters,” Graduation date: May 2001, Current employment: Egide, Inc., FRANCE (Mr. Tavernier was Dr. Papapolymerou’s student while he was at The University of Arizona).

Krista L. Lange, “A dynamically reconfigurable impedance tuner using RF MEMS switches,” Graduation date: May 2001, Current employment: Raytheon, Tucson, AZ (Ms. Lange was Dr. Papapolymerou’s student while he was at The University of Arizona).

J. Papapolymerou, R.F. Drayton and L. Katehi, “Surface Wave Mode Reduction for Rectangular Microstrip Antennas on High-Index Materials,” WRI International Symposium on Directions for the Next Generation of MMIC Devices and Systems, New York City, NY, September 1996.

L. Harle,J. Papapolymerou, J. East and L. Katehi, “The Effects of Slot Positioning on the Bandwidth of a Micromachined Resonator,” 1998 European Microwave Conference, pp. 664-668, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, October 1998.

P. Kirby, V. Iliopoulos, J. Papapolymerou, C.D. Aubigny, B. Jones, C. Groppi and C. Walker, “Silicon Micromachining for the Development of Planar Waveguide-Based Structures from a Few GHz to a Few THz,” 2003 Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium, p. 38, Singapore, January 2003.

C. Lugo and J. Papapolymerou, “Planar Realization of Triple-Mode Bandpass Filters using a Multi-Layer Configuration,” submission of the invention for patent protection to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on 10/6/2006 (provisional patent application-GTRC#3958).

Chair Positions

Chair of the “Micromachining” session of the 11th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, May 2000, Ann Arbor, MI.

Chair of the “Dielectric and MEMS based filters” session at the 2001 European Microwave Conference, London, U.K.

Chair of the “Signal Generation” session at the 2002 International Microwave Symposium in Seattle, WA, June 2002.

Chair of the “Modeling II” session at the 2003 Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems, Germany, April 2003.

Chair of the “Waveguide” session at the 14th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, Tucson, AZ, April 2003.

Chair of the “Modeling and Packaging of RF MEMS Components” session at the 2003 International Microwave Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, June 2003.

Chair of the “Reconfigurable Antennas and Circuits Using RF MEMS” session at the 2003 IEEE AP-S International Symposium and USNC/URSI Meeting, Columbus, OH, June 2003.

Chair of the “Diversity, Smart and Base Station Antennas For Mobile Wireless Communication Systems” session at the 2003 IEEE AP-S International Symposium and USNC/URSI Meeting, Columbus, OH, June 2003.

Chair of the “MEMS Technologies” session at the 4th Workshop on MEMS for Millimeter Wave Communications “MEMSWAVE”, Toulouse, France, July 2-4, 2003.

Chair of the “Signal Generation Technology for 16 GHz to 80 GHz” session at the 2004 International Microwave Symposium, Fort Worth, TX, June 2004.

Co-chair of the “RF Varactors and Inductors,” session at the 2004 International Microwave Symposium, Fort Worth, TX, June 2004.

Co-chair of the “Reliability Testing and Reliability Enhancement of RF MEMS Switches,” workshop at the 2004 International Microwave Symposium, Fort Worth, TX, June 2004.

Co-Chair of the “Switched Beam Antenna Technology” session at the 2004 International IEEE Antennas and Propagation Symposium and USNC/URSI Meeting, Monterey, CA, June 2004.

Co-Chair of the “Waveguide Slots and Arrays” session at the 2004 InternationalIEEE Antennas and Propagation Symposium and USNC/URSI Meeting, Monterey, CA, June 2004.